Improvement in corn-planters



JOHN W. vRICKE'ITIS, 0F CHARLESTON, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent'No. 97,229, dated November 23, 1869; articulated November13, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

V'.li'he Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partvof the same.

,in Corn-Planters; and do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the letters of reference marked thereon.V

The object of my invention is to provide a cornplanter that will notonly plant or drop the corn, but will, at the same time, make its ownfurrows, and then cover` up the grain as rapidly as dropped, thus savingnot only the trouble of furrowng, but of going overV afterward to coverit up.

Figure l is a plan view of my plant-er.

Figure 2 is a section view of the same.

Figure 3 is a similar view of the seed-box.

Letter A represents the frame of my plant-er, which can be madel of anyshape and form desired. The side pieces of thisframe have a slot cutthrough them, so that the wheels pass up through and turn in them.

The axle B, upon which the driving-wheels turn, is shaped like a crank,near its lniddle, so as to operate the slides in the seed-boxes.

These driving-wheels'are placed upon a direct line with the hoes, soasto make the furrows into which the col'n drops. y

Upon each side of the frame is placed a seed-box, E, which have twoopenings in their bottoms, so as to feed the corn tothe slides L.

Each of these slides is joined to the crank on the axle B, by means ofa. rod, K; and hy varying the sizeof this crank, the' distance betweenthe rows can be regulated at pleasure;

l These, however, are not essential 'to the machine,

` but can be done entirely away with.

As the ground is already plowed or broken, and as it is intended thatthe driving-wheels O should make the furrowsfor the corn, andbeing-placed on a direct line with the opening in the slides, the graindrops into them,'with`out the use of the. droppers.

Placed immediately behind the hoes, so as to run along over the furrows,and thus cover fthe corn, are.

placed the two rollers I, one upon each side of the" frame.

' As these rollers co\er-theeorn as well as could be accomplished byhand, all the trouble of going over afterward is thus done away with.

A s it is sometimes desirable to vary the weight, on diiferentpart-s ofthe'niachine, au elongated `seat, M, has been provided, so .that the[driver can throw his weight upon either the driving-wheels, so as todeepen the furrows, or can throw it hack upon the rollers, so as tothebettercover the grains.

Having lthus described my invention,

That I claim, and desire to secure hy Let-ters 1aient, is

1. A corn-planter, arranged upon a frame, and snpported upondriving-wheels O O, when said wheels are connected to a crank-axle, B,which forms the fnrrows by said wheels, and operates thedroppilig-mechanism,

substantially as set forth.

2. The arrangement-of the frame A, wheels O O, crank-axle B, bifnrcatedrod 1i, boxes E E, slides L L, shovels N, and rollers I, the severalparts being constructed to operate substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand,this 12th day of March, 1869.

' JOHN XV. RICKET'IS.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. DIcuINso'x, JEWELL DAVIS.

